A mosaic of 1,000 astronomic images by the American Museum of Natural History. Images includes the Milky Way, Crab Nebula, & Saturn's surface. Students can zoom in to each image & tap to flip it for access to information about astronomical discoveries, advancements in astrophysics, & greater understanding of the solar system. Images can be shared & comments posted. Stories on the solar system are being added.
An exoplanet is a planet orbiting stars beyond our own solar system. This app is an interactive catalogue of known exoplanets & is updated when new discoveries are made. (free)
An Earth Science classes recently were asked to rank the Space apps that we have available & their top choice was Planets. They liked this app for the way it pictured the planets, how they could explore the sky in 2D & 3D view, along with the visibility of the planets in real time, & 3D globes of the planets & their
moons. (free)
High School Astronomy Apps
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Cosmic Discoveries
A mosaic of 1,000 astronomic images by the American Museum of Natural History. Images includes the Milky Way, Crab Nebula, & Saturn's surface. Students can zoom in to each image & tap to flip it for access to information about astronomical discoveries, advancements in astrophysics, & greater understanding of the solar system. Images can be shared & comments posted. Stories on the solar system are being added.
Exoplanet
An exoplanet is a planet orbiting stars beyond our own solar system. This app is an interactive catalogue of known exoplanets & is updated when new discoveries are made. (free)
Planets
An Earth Science classes recently were asked to rank the Space apps that we have available & their top choice was Planets. They liked this app for the way it pictured the planets, how they could explore the sky in 2D & 3D view, along with the visibility of the planets in real time, & 3D globes of the planets & their
moons. (free)
Last Updated - June 2013